Overview

Since 2007, the Ohio Workforce Coalition brings together leaders from education and training institutions, economic and workforce development organizations, business and industry, labor, and human service providers. The Coalition promotes public policies that build the skills of adult workers, meet employer skill needs, and strengthen the workforce system to ensure opportunity and prosperity for Ohio families.

JUDICIAL ELECTIONS (Huffman) To change the age at and after which a person may not be elected or appointed to a judicial office and to eliminate the authority of the General Assembly to establish courts of conciliation and to reappoint a Supreme Court commission. Am. Sec. 6, Art. IV; Rep. Secs. 19 and 22, Art. IV, Ohio ConstitutionBill Text

PERFORMANCE BUDGETING (Snitchler) To require performance budgeting by most state agencies and to require performance audits of those agencies Am. 126.02 and 126.022; En. 117.46, 117.461 and 126.18Bill Text

UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE (Coley) To adopt the revisions of the general provisions and documents of title portions of the Uniform Commercial Code that were recommended by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and to make related changes in the Uniform Commercial Code and the Revised Code. Bill Text

CONTAMINATED SITE REMEDIATION (Sears) To authorize refundable tax credits through 2017 for the completion of a voluntary action to remediate a contaminated site and for the return of such sites to productive use and to exempt persons through 2017 who have been issued covenants not to sue under the Voluntary Action Program for certain fees and penalties for one year after the issuance of such a covenant. Am. 5747.98 and 5751.98; En. 3746.241, 5747.78 and 5751.54Bill Text

PATIENT PROTECTION (Sears) To prohibit state departments and agencies from implementing or enforcing a provision of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act without meeting certain conditions. En. 3901.711Bill Text

HIGHWAY NAMING (Sears) To require supportive resolutions from affected local governments to name highways by statute, to allow local governments to erect appropriate markers naming highways and to prohibit the use of state funds to erect new markers naming state highways. En. 5533.00Bill Text

SPEEDING VIOLATIONS (Sears) To prohibit a person from being arrested, charged or convicted for speeding on a public street, highway, private road or driveway based on a peace officer’s unaided visual estimation of the speed of a motor vehicle, trackless trolley or streetcar. Am. 4511.091Bill Text